ARTISTS
CAROLINE MCWILLIAMS
Caroline is a local artist who has created several amazing works of art in the area. Her work can be seen in Naomi’s Corner where she has created very creative floral artwork on a book-swap cabinet, noticeboard, entrance sign and a bin.
DAVE AKEHURST
I am an artist whose work is inspired by the Sheffield area. I produce original work in the medium of oil /acrylic on canvas. I specialise in urban landscapes.
JAMES CROFT
James is a very talented children’s book illustrator. His aim is 'to bring art out of the gallery and make it much more accessible for everyone.’ He lives near the Peak District and takes inspiration from ‘the light, colours and nature as I walk and cycle through these incredible surroundings.’
JIM CONNELLY
Jim is a Manchester based illustrator, originally from Sheffield. His work will be familiar to beer lovers as he has been creating the artwork for the Kelham Island Brewery for many years.
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JOHN WILKINSON
Influenced by Martyn, Turner, Kieffer and Eardley, I work wet on wet with a painting knife, depicting landscapes both real and imagined. I sometimes incorporate elements of that landscape, mixing organics and minerals with the paint. I work in series and themes I have covered include the Arctic Convoys, Industrial Sheffield, Mining, Deindustrialisation and Fishing. I describe my practice as slow art, creating a visual narrative for the eye to wander around, explore the nooks and crannies, and ponder the stories suggested in the image. My palette is rich in the earths that surround and inspire me. Depth, perspective and light are all important elements of
the work, which is an expression of my reaction to the world I see. More of my work can be seen here.
JULIAN WRIGHT
“I create art because I feel I have to rather than because I have been taught to. Painting is a form of compulsion that enables me to express how I feel and what I would like to say. My paintings try and convey the emotional connection I have with the landscape or the person by utilising colour and shape as an expression of this.”
KATY SETT
Katy is a very talented local artist who has an amazing skill at painting portraits. She painted a utility cabinet featuring a portrait of Stan Shaw who was the last little mester of Sheffield. She also created a mural featuring Kelham-born anti-slavery campaigner Mary Anne Rawson meeting American Frederick Douglass, a former slave who became a famous abolitionist.
KIERAN FLYNN
Kieran is an abstract art painter based in Sheffield and is part of the Kelham Island Arts Collective. He uses colour and scale to create perspective and depth in his works.
SIMON WIGGLESWORTH-BAKER
Simon is the founder member of the Kelham Island Arts Collective, a local resident, and a sculptor, who is very keen on large scale pieces. Simon principally works in birch ply, creating sculptures abstracted from objects as diverse as scissors and bicycles. Simon’s work can be seen in many areas around Kelham Island and Neepsend including many of the local pubs and also on the utility cabinets. His largest work is a stunning sunrise mural which can be found on Green Lane .
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SARIA D
Saria D is a very talented artist who has painted a wonderful portrait of Naomi Colcomb as a tribute to her. Naomi was a good friend of Saira and a local volunteer but sadly died in 2018. The portrait was originally on a utility cabinet but has since been upgraded to an aluminium print so it can be viewed in 'Naomi's Corner', a memorial garden just off Neepsend Lane which KINCA developed.
JO WHITTLE
Joanna primarily creates paintings and ceramics. Her work is an exploration of real and imaginary landscapes, often reminiscent of romanticism, depicting structures in the process of decay and studying their relationship to their environment.
Joanna has had many group and solo exhibitions across the UK. Notably, her work was exhibited in the John Moores Painting Prize in 2018 and the Royal Academy in 2019. She was also the winner of both the Harley Open Prize and the Contemporary British Painting Prize in 2019.
FEM SORCELL
Taking Influence by nature, mythology, sacred geometry, comics and animation. Fem’s work is Inspired by a Wabi-sabi aesthetic, it aims to draw you into an ethereal and surreal world filled with feminine characters and creatures embellished with painterly botanicals and delicate line work. Distorting the lines of realism in many of her female muses through a series of mediums, such as washes of inks, spray paint, acrylic and watercolour mixed with layers of patterns.
